#A4253D#A4253D

#A4253D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.162 H 15.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4253D
RGB	rgb(164, 37, 61)
HSL	hsl(349, 63%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(349, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.4%, 62.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.03, 52.10, 18.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.03, 55.15, 19.13°)
OKLab	oklab(47.76% 0.156 0.0439)
OKLCH	oklch(47.76% 0.162 15.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.8155, 9.5551, 5.3729)
Luminance	0.0955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4253D #25A48C

analogous

#A4257D #A4253D #A44C25

triadic

#A4253D #3DA425 #253DA4

tetradic

#A4253D #7DA425 #25A48C #4C25A4

square

#A4253D #7DA425 #25A48C #4C25A4

split-complementary

#A4253D #25A44C #257DA4

monochromatic

#400E18 #721A2A #A4253D #D13552 #DD677D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.22

#A4253D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#A4253D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A4253D

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4253D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A4253D	1.00	7.22	2.91	7.22
#FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#49463D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#69613A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4253d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 37, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.162 15.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66b72',
    500: '#a4253d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4253d;
$custom-light: #c66b72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4253d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.661,
    "s": 63.184,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47758,
    "c": 0.16203,
    "h": 15.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4253D

secondary

#62C2B0

accent

#E6C742

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEC

border

#D3C7C7

text

#140707

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4253D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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